The Short Fall

Often when a society succumbs to a revolutionary movement, an epic struggle is involved (or a myth of one is created). Russia only turned red after Lenin was exiled, made his way back, and overcame a Tsar and then the Mensheviks to consolidate power. Mao Zedong had his long march and his battle with the nationalists of Chang Hai Chek and his Kuomintang. Castro fought his way out of the mountains and into power with Che at his side. The Ayatollah Khomeini made his way back from banishment in Paris to declare the Islamic Republic. All our harebrained Hawaiian had to do was win (steal) an election. Note: I am thinking about rechristening our less than glorious leader "the half-baked Hawaiian" because his lack of preparedness for office has been manifested in his being rolled by foreign leaders at each of his international confabs or "the ly'in Hawaiian" because of his broken promises about bipartisanship, good government (a cabinet of tax cheats), and openness.